Samsung Series 5 Ultra Ultrabook

Pros

Cons

Heavy and large for an ultrabook

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3.5

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If you're just not ready to give up your DVD/CD drive, the Samsung Series 5 Ultra offers the best of both worlds — it incorporates an optical drive, but it's still slim and light enough to be considered an ultrabook (though barely). Of course, Samsung had to add to this laptop's profile to accommodate the extra feature — the Series 5 was the largest and heaviest ultrabook in our test — but even so, it's still relatively slim and weighs less than four pounds. The Samsung is quick to start, booting up in less than 20 seconds, and features good graphics and a nice screen. Our consumer testers loved the comfortable keyboard as well. In lab tests, performance and battery life were average, but this laptop is plenty capable enough to handle all your basic computing needs. Plus, it offers the best connectivity options of the bunch, with plenty of ports to connect all your devices, along with a spacious 500GB hard drive.

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